Toe clip for pedals

Abstract

A toe clip for the pedals of bicycles or other pedal vehicles. The toe clip is formed from a flat cutout metal blank which is suitably bent to form the usual toe receiving space between the toe supporting portion and a turned back portion. For fastening the toe clip to any of various types of pedals, for common road bicycles or for racers, the toe clip is provided with side panels which are bent downward at right angles to the toe supporting portion, these panels forming gusset plates for strengthening the connection of the toe clip to its pedal. Extending from one side of each gusset plate is an apertured fastening lug which may be bent inwardly or outwardly at right angles to the gusset plates or left in the plane thereof, depending on what type of pedal the toe clip is to be fitted. The rear bearing edges formed on the gusset plate bear against the longitudinal face of the pedal frame on which the toe clip is mounted.

What I claim is: 
     
       1. Toe clip for bicycle pedals or other similar pedals of the type including a pedal frame mounted for rotation about a spindle, the pedal frame having a pair of opposed longitudinal faces for supporting the rider's foot and a pair of opposed lateral faces, said toe clip comprising a toe supporting portion for supporting the fore end of the rider's foot, a turned back portion continuing beyond one end of said toe supporting portion and thereabove for defining a toe receiving space therewith, wherein the improvement comprises reinforcing gusset plate means downwardly depending from the lateral sides of said toe supporting portion and remote from said turned back portion, said gusset plate means being oriented substantially perpendicular to the toe supporting portion, and fastening lugs extending from said gusset plate means adapted to brought flush against at least one face of the pedal frame. 
     
     
       2. Toe clip according to claim 1, wherein said fastening lugs are initially selectively orientable to any of three distinct positions. 
     
     
       3. Toe clip according to claim 1, wherein said toe supporting portion is formed as a one-piece bent, sheet metal construction with said gusset plate means and said fastening lug. 
     
     
       4. Toe clip according to claim 1, wherein said gusset plate means are provided with rear bearing edges adapted to abut against one of the longitudinal faces of the pedal frame on which it is to be mounted. 
     
     
       5. Toe clip according to claim 4, wherein the rear edge of the toe supporting portion is adapted to bear against the one longitudinal face of the pedal frame and is coplanar with said rear bearing edges of said gusset plate means. 
     
     
       6. Toe clip according to claim 1, wherein said fastening lugs are bent at right angles to the planes of their respective gusset plate means and inwardly towards each other, said fastening lugs being adpated to be brought flush with one of the longitudinal faces of the pedal frame on which the toe clip is to be mounted. 
     
     
       7. Toe clip according to claim 1, wherein said fastening lugs are bent at right angles to the planes of their respective gusset plate means and outwardly away from each other, said fastening lugs being adapted to be brought flush against one of the longitudinal faces of the pedal frame on which the toe clip is to be mounted. 
     
     
       8. Toe clip according to claim 1, wherein said fastening lugs are disposed in the same planes as their respective gusset plate means, said fastening lugs being adapted to be brought flush with the lateral faces of the pedal frame. 
     
     
       9. Toe clip according to claim 1, wherein said rear bearing edges on said gusset plate means are disposed to each side of each said fastening lugs.